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Karun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Karun , river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W Iran, and flowing S to the Shatt al Arab on the Iraqi border. The Karun is navigable to Ahvaz for shallow draft vessels; rapids prevent further upstream...
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Lake Karun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Karun Egypt: see Moeris .
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Khorramshahr
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt al Arab, near the Persian Gulf. It is...dates to the late 19th cent., when steam navigation on the Karun was started. The city was known as Muhammerah until the mid...
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Ahvaz
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...or Ahwaz , city (1991 pop. 724,653), SW Iran, on the Karun River. It is an oil center, a transportation hub, and an...administrative and industrial center, is on the right bank of the Karun, but the population still is concentrated in the old section...
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Shushtar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1991 pop. 70,294), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Karun River. It has irrigated agriculture and has long been known...building vast hydraulic works, including a large dam across the Karun River. Later, under the Mongols (13th-14th cent.), Shushtar...
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Moeris
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Moeris , ancient name of Lake Karun (Arab. Birket Qarun ), c.90 sq mi (230 sq km), NE Egypt, in El Faiyum...40 by 8 km) and was c.40 ft (12 m) below sea level. As a result, Lake Karun is fed by a canal from the Nile River.
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Khuzistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...region of alluvial plains made by two rivers, the Karkheh and Karun. It is situated between the Zagros Mountains and the sea...always been amply provided with water by the Karkheh, Diz, and Karun rivers, and noted from earliest times for its prosperity...
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Shatt al Arab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, flowing SE to the Persian Gulf, forming part of the Iraq-Iran border; the Karun is its chief tributary. The Shatt al Arab flowed through a broad, swampy delta, but the marshlands in Iraq were drained in...
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Masjed Soleyman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Masjed Soleyman , city (1991 pop. 107,539), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Karun River. The site of the first discovery of petroleum in Iran (1908), it is now an oil-refining center.
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El Faiyum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...makes use of canals originally dug under King Amenemhet III (d.1801 BC). Cereals, fruit, and cotton are produced. Lake Karun (known in ancient times as Lake Moeris ), located in the western part of the region, is used for fishing. El Faiyum is rich...
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